In 1918 Irving Amen was born in New York City. Interestingly enough is that World War I had ended. He had started his life in art at the age of four years old where he started to draw. In the 1940s he served in the Armed forces, going overseas to fight in the war; which at the time was World War II. He ended up making two murals. One in the United States and one in Belgium.

Once he returned from the army, he went to Paris in the 1950s to study art. In 53, he went on to travel in Italy. There he did lots of woodcutting and paintings. One of the pieces he did is called, “Piazza San Marco #4”

In the 1960s, he traveled to many other places in Europe as well. He went on the design a set of stained glass windows in Ohio which are absolutely beautiful. He did the Twelve Tribes of Israel for Agudas Akim Synagogue. (shown below)

His work had themes to them, often relating to religion, his environments of when he traveled, and many more. He died in 2011 in Coconut Creek, Florida.

https://www.annexgalleries.com/artists/biography/45/Amen/Irving